Sentence examples for a pair of lightly from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(1)

The phrase "a pair of lightly" is not correct in written English as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could potentially be used in a context where "lightly" modifies a noun that follows, but as it stands, it does not convey a clear meaning.
Example: "I bought a pair of lightly colored shoes for the summer."
Alternatives: "a couple of lightly" or "two lightly".

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In 1997, his first full season as the Mets' manager, he brought in a pair of lightly regarded left-handed castoffs from the Yomiuri Giants' farm system.

Ad breaks may prove even more disorienting as they switch between two and three dimensions.Pass the shadesThe biggest question-mark is over whether consumers will want to don what looks like a pair of lightly tinted sunglasses before flopping down in front of the TV set.

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Her brown hair was pulled back in a clip, and she wore a patterned top and a pair of rectangular glasses, lightly tinted purple.

The highlights are some nicely aged steel outdoor sculptures on the street-level landing, along with a pair of modestly scaled, lightly patinated bronze sculptures from the late 1970's and early 80's on plinths on the first floor near the office area.

Interested fans are encouraged to bring a pair of new or lightly used shoes to donate.

Fults asked attendees to bring a pair of new or lightly used men's or women's dress shoes for admission to the show.

John Grimm and Beverly Smith, a pair of musicians from northern Georgia, lightly pick at the strings of their guitars.

The program began with Noam Faingold's "Berlin Songs," a pair of gracefully chromatic vocal pieces with lightly dissonant piano accompaniments, sung fetchingly by Meray Boustani, a soprano.

It's important not to soak it too long, so follow the instructions on the packet – as soon as it's had the required soaking time, add a dash of oil and toss the grains lightly with a pair of forks to loosen and separate.

The sample was lightly scratched using a pair of tweezers, applying not enough force to damage the surface of the silicon wafer, thus, ensuring that only the hydrogel and the CVD modification is removed.

For a pair of force response time-histories generated by a force hammer impacting on a lightly damped structure, an exponential window is required to apply on both the force- and response-time histories when performing the Fourier transforms.

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